Coastal state jurisdiction in adjacent waters: origins and early evolution -- Development in state practice after the 1930 hague codification conferences -- Codification in the framework of the United Nations organization -- Major developments in the law of the sea after the two geneva conferences -- The Emergence of the concept of the exclusive economic zone in the united nations -- The Proposed rights and duties of the coastal state in the "exclusive economic zone" -- The Rights and duties of other states in the exclusive economic zone -- Reflections on the current law of coastal state resource jurisdiction